Terraform Contracts in the North of England

Terraform
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Terraform skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Terraform over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 55 32
Rank change year-on-year +10 -23 +2
Contract jobs citing Terraform 147 157 312
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 4.46% 3.29% 5.35%
As % of the Systems Management category 24.02% 29.18% 36.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 117 250
10th Percentile £390 £425 £463
25th Percentile £458 £463 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £581
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -5.38% +5.68%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £675
90th Percentile £714 £650 £700
England median daily rate £550 £550 £600
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £39.60
England median hourly rate £48.50 £62.00 £78.00
% change year-on-year -21.77% -20.51% +41.82%

All Systems Management Skills
North of England

Terraform falls under the Systems Management category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring systems management skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for systems management skills 612 538 857
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 18.57% 11.28% 14.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 404 379 635
10th Percentile £254 £239 £325
25th Percentile £379 £400 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -12.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £564 £580 £638
90th Percentile £650 £645 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 22 52
10th Percentile £45.45 £16.89 £17.53
25th Percentile £51.38 £17.72 £22.34
Median hourly rate £62.50 £22.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +177.78% -40.00% +87.50%
75th Percentile £74.50 £48.75 £50.17
90th Percentile £80.95 £80.38 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.38 £27.25 £57.50
% change year-on-year +0.46% -52.61% +167.44%

Terraform
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Terraform as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Terraform in the North of England

Terraform
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Terraform in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Terraform in the North of England

Terraform
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Terraform in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Terraform in the North of England

Terraform
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Terraform in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Terraform in the North of England

Terraform
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Terraform within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire +19 60 £525 -2.33% 61
North West -15 59 £525 -4.55% 164
North East +20 30 £525 - 15
Terraform
England

Terraform
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (10.20%) nginx
2 7 (4.76%) Traefik
3 3 (2.04%) Apache
3 3 (2.04%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.36%) IIS
4 2 (1.36%) Jupyter
4 2 (1.36%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.36%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.68%) Confluence
5 1 (0.68%) Documentum
5 1 (0.68%) FileNet
Applications
1 2 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (0.68%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 100 (68.03%) AWS
2 38 (25.85%) Azure
3 24 (16.33%) AWS CloudFormation
4 22 (14.97%) GCP
5 18 (12.24%) Serverless
6 17 (11.56%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 16 (10.88%) Amazon ECS
8 15 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (9.52%) Amazon S3
9 14 (9.52%) GitHub
10 12 (8.16%) Amazon EKS
10 12 (8.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 11 (7.48%) Entra ID
11 11 (7.48%) GitHub Actions
12 10 (6.80%) Amazon EC2
12 10 (6.80%) AWS Fargate
12 10 (6.80%) AWS Lambda
13 9 (6.12%) Kong
14 6 (4.08%) Amazon SQS
15 5 (3.40%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.24%) DNS
2 14 (9.52%) TCP/IP
3 9 (6.12%) Firewall
4 6 (4.08%) VPN
5 5 (3.40%) SSL
5 5 (3.40%) WAN
6 4 (2.72%) LAN
6 4 (2.72%) Network Security
7 3 (2.04%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (2.04%) DHCP
7 3 (2.04%) DWDM
8 2 (1.36%) Calico
8 2 (1.36%) SAN
8 2 (1.36%) SMS
9 1 (0.68%) HTTP
9 1 (0.68%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.68%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.68%) SSH
9 1 (0.68%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (14.97%) MongoDB
2 9 (6.12%) MySQL
2 9 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (5.44%) DynamoDB
3 8 (5.44%) NoSQL
4 5 (3.40%) BigQuery
4 5 (3.40%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.72%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.36%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.36%) Data Lake
6 2 (1.36%) Metadata
6 2 (1.36%) Metadata Repository
7 1 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.68%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.68%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.68%) Power BI
7 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 60 (40.82%) GitLab
2 47 (31.97%) Jenkins
3 17 (11.56%) Git
4 9 (6.12%) Selenium
5 8 (5.44%) Maven
5 8 (5.44%) Sonatype Nexus
6 7 (4.76%) Artifactory
6 7 (4.76%) SonarQube
7 5 (3.40%) gulp
8 4 (2.72%) JIRA
9 2 (1.36%) CircleCI
9 2 (1.36%) Cypress.io
9 2 (1.36%) JMeter
9 2 (1.36%) TestNG
10 1 (0.68%) Babel
10 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.68%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.68%) Subversion
10 1 (0.68%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.68%) webpack
General
1 38 (25.85%) Public Sector
2 24 (16.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (8.84%) Finance
4 7 (4.76%) Banking
5 5 (3.40%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.40%) Military
6 4 (2.72%) Electronics
6 4 (2.72%) Manufacturing
6 4 (2.72%) Marketing
6 4 (2.72%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.36%) Legal
8 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.68%) Retail
8 1 (0.68%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (42.18%) DevOps Engineer
2 34 (23.13%) Senior
3 24 (16.33%) Senior DevOps
4 19 (12.93%) AWS Engineer
4 19 (12.93%) Lead
5 18 (12.24%) Developer
5 18 (12.24%) Senior DevOps Engineer
6 17 (11.56%) AWS DevOps
7 16 (10.88%) AWS DevOps Engineer
8 15 (10.20%) Architect
9 11 (7.48%) Azure Engineer
10 9 (6.12%) Azure DevOps Engineer
11 7 (4.76%) Lead DevOps
11 7 (4.76%) Lead DevOps Engineer
12 6 (4.08%) Software Engineer
12 6 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (3.40%) Data Architect
13 5 (3.40%) Data Engineer
13 5 (3.40%) Full-Stack Developer
13 5 (3.40%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (19.73%) Kafka
2 17 (11.56%) cloud-init
3 13 (8.84%) Node.js
4 11 (7.48%) React
5 9 (6.12%) Keycloak
6 8 (5.44%) .NET
6 8 (5.44%) ARM Templates
6 8 (5.44%) OAuth
6 8 (5.44%) pytest
7 7 (4.76%) Spring
7 7 (4.76%) Spring Boot
8 6 (4.08%) REST
9 5 (3.40%) AngularJS
9 5 (3.40%) Apache CXF
9 5 (3.40%) Elastic Stack
9 5 (3.40%) Express.js
9 5 (3.40%) Hibernate
9 5 (3.40%) JAX-RS
9 5 (3.40%) MEAN Stack
9 5 (3.40%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.80%) Cloud Native
2 9 (6.12%) PKI
3 6 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (2.72%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.04%) Public Cloud
6 2 (1.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.36%) Clustering
6 2 (1.36%) EMC VMAX
6 2 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.36%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.36%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Cloud Security Posture
7 1 (0.68%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.68%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.68%) NHS
7 1 (0.68%) Replication
7 1 (0.68%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 48 (32.65%) Linux
2 28 (19.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 21 (14.29%) CentOS
4 20 (13.61%) Unix
5 5 (3.40%) Windows
6 4 (2.72%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.36%) Android
7 2 (1.36%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.36%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.68%) AIX
8 1 (0.68%) Alpine Linux
8 1 (0.68%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.68%) Solaris
8 1 (0.68%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (61.90%) DevOps
2 80 (54.42%) CI/CD
3 62 (42.18%) Infrastructure as Code
4 29 (19.73%) Agile
5 26 (17.69%) Continuous Integration
6 23 (15.65%) Microservices
7 22 (14.97%) Problem-Solving
8 20 (13.61%) Containerisation
9 18 (12.24%) Analytics
10 16 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (10.20%) Observability
12 13 (8.84%) Cloud Security
12 13 (8.84%) Secrets Management
13 12 (8.16%) Infrastructure Automation
13 12 (8.16%) Platform Engineering
14 11 (7.48%) Configuration Management
14 11 (7.48%) Data Pipeline
15 10 (6.80%) Event-Driven
16 9 (6.12%) Full-Stack Development
16 9 (6.12%) Static Application Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 78 (53.06%) Python
2 30 (20.41%) Bash
3 22 (14.97%) SQL
4 20 (13.61%) Java
4 20 (13.61%) JavaScript
5 19 (12.93%) Go
6 12 (8.16%) TypeScript
7 8 (5.44%) PowerShell
8 5 (3.40%) Scala
9 4 (2.72%) Bicep
9 4 (2.72%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.36%) C#
10 2 (1.36%) Perl
11 1 (0.68%) ActionScript
11 1 (0.68%) ActionScript 2.0
11 1 (0.68%) Korn
11 1 (0.68%) PHP
11 1 (0.68%) Rust
Qualifications
1 64 (43.54%) Security Cleared
2 50 (34.01%) SC Cleared
3 11 (7.48%) AWS Certification
4 5 (3.40%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (3.40%) Degree
5 4 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.36%) CCNA
6 2 (1.36%) CCNP
6 2 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.36%) JNCIA
6 2 (1.36%) JNCIS
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.68%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.68%) IBM Certification
7 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.68%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.68%) SnowPro
7 1 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.12%) NCSC
2 5 (3.40%) QA
3 2 (1.36%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.68%) COBIT
4 1 (0.68%) Disclosure Scotland
4 1 (0.68%) NIST
4 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 33 (22.45%) Docker
2 3 (2.04%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.36%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.36%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 61 (41.50%) Kubernetes
2 34 (23.13%) Ansible
3 26 (17.69%) Grafana
4 25 (17.01%) Prometheus
5 23 (15.65%) Packer
6 14 (9.52%) Istio
7 11 (7.48%) ZABBIX
8 9 (6.12%) Consul
8 9 (6.12%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (6.12%) linkerd
8 9 (6.12%) Progress Chef
8 9 (6.12%) Rancher
9 7 (4.76%) HAProxy
10 6 (4.08%) Puppet
11 4 (2.72%) Kibana
12 3 (2.04%) Kustomize
12 3 (2.04%) Nagios
13 2 (1.36%) vRealize
14 1 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
14 1 (0.68%) Graylog
Vendors
1 14 (9.52%) Splunk
2 13 (8.84%) Databricks
3 11 (7.48%) Google
4 9 (6.12%) Okta
5 8 (5.44%) Cisco
6 7 (4.76%) Apple
6 7 (4.76%) ESET
7 6 (4.08%) VMware
8 5 (3.40%) IBM
8 5 (3.40%) Microsoft
8 5 (3.40%) SAP
9 4 (2.72%) HP
9 4 (2.72%) Red Hat
10 3 (2.04%) AppDynamics
10 3 (2.04%) Arista
10 3 (2.04%) Dynatrace
11 2 (1.36%) Dell
11 2 (1.36%) EMC
11 2 (1.36%) LogicMonitor
11 2 (1.36%) PagerDuty